...Whichever may be the source whence the power is derived, the possession of it is unquestioned. * * * In legislating for them, congress exercises the combined powers of the general and state government." 1 Pet. 542, 543. The rule is now authoritatively defined and settled in Nat. Bank...

...United States." The Supreme Court has said, I Peters, 511: " In legislating for them (Territories) Congress exercises the combined powers of the general and of a State government." Again, II Otto, 120: "The Territories are but political subdivisions of the outlying dominion of the...

...can be exercised in the States in those courts only which are established in pursuance of the third article of the Constitution, the same limitation does...combined powers of the general and of a State government — meaning that the discretionary power of the State government is shown in giving the judges appointments...

...execution of those general powers which that body possesses over the Territories of the United States. ... In legislating for them Congress exercises the combined...powers of the General and of a State Government." For reasons before indicated the same full power exists in Congress when organizing civil society among...

...said in American Insurance Company v. Canter (1 Pet. 546) "in legislating for them (the territories) congress exercises the combined powers of the general and of a state government." It also follows from these premises, that congress may legislate for each and any of the territories,...

...can be exercised in the States in those courts only which are established in pursuance of the third article of the Constitution, the same limitation does...erecting the court by whose decree the cargo of the I'ohit a Petre was sold, is not " inconsistent with the laws and Constitution of the United States,"...

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...those courts only which are established by congress, in pursuance of the powers conferred in the third article of the constitution, the same limitation does...congress exercises the combined powers of the general and state governments. American Ins. Co. v. Canter, 1 Pet 511. 30. The act of the territorial legislature...

...unquestioned." And in another part of the opinion he said : " In legislating for them [the territories] congress exercises the combined powers of the general and of a state government." - In the late case which has been referred to,2 the chief justice, delivering the opinion of the court,...

...common law. This argument fails to give due weight to the fact that, in legislating for the Territories, Congress exercises "the combined powers of the general and of a state government." Will it be contended that a State of the Union might not provide by its fundamental law, or by legislative...